Mustafa Cihad Baban (Cihad also spelled Cihat; 26 September 1911 – 28 September 1984[1]) was a Turkish journalist, author, and a parliamentary deputy in the 1950s and 1960s.
Baban was born in Istanbul, where he attended Galatasaray High School, and graduated from Istanbul University in 1934.
[1] As a journalist, Baban contributed to newspapers including Son Posta, Yeni Sabah, Cumhuriyet, and Tercüman, and he was one of the founders of the Turkish Journalists' Association in 1946.
He was a member of the constituent assembly which wrote the 1961 Constitution of Turkey, and was Minister of Tourism and Promotion (January to August 1961) in the 1960-1 post-coup government of Cemal Gürsel.
He later served as Minister of Culture in the 1980-3 post-coup government of Bülend Ulusu.